Tag: metastatic disease

….And while it (or they) are very small, I am still terrified. As you know I had my scans all last week. A brain MRI on Tuesday, PET/CT on Wednesday and Abdominal CT on Thursday. Tuesday afternoon The Blood Guy called saying the radiologist called him stating there was a very small spot showing on…

I have officially been off chemo for 4 1/2 weeks. It has been a struggle deciding what to do next givin my extreme mental attitude toward ovary suppression or removal. I believe stopping my ovaries or removing them (oopherectomy) will not stop the cancer from spreading and I’m partial to keeping my organs that having…

During this agonizing time wondering if I had liver mets, I still have been dealing with significant pain in my left hip. I believe it has nothing to do with the newly discovered bone lesions as my hip MRI showed a very small soft tissue component with inflammation and bone rubbing. There was a time…

Which is something I have had a very difficult time doing since I have been on those “Amazing Narcotic Pain Meds!” and a 24 hour protein only diet which didn’t help much! So lets start there…. Shit #1 A PET/CT scan takes pictures of your body in slices…much like a slinky, puts them together and…